US, Afghan probe claims Taliban bodies were burned

THE US military and the Afghan government said yesterday they will investigate a TV report claiming US soldiers in Afghanistan burned the bodies of two Taliban fighters and taunted other Islamic militants.

US, Afghan probe claims Taliban bodies were burned

The US military said it found the report “repugnant.”

A spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said the government has launched its own inquiry.

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